20 articles tagged with #Russia
ConflictUkraine's drone campaign against Russian ports and refineries is pushing Moscow's oil exports toward their lowest levels since 2023, making a mockery of the idea that a US sanctions waiver would stabilize things.
PoliticsArmenia votes on June 7 in parliamentary elections that double as a public opinion test on whether the country continues its drift away from Russia and toward the European Union.
ConflictRussia launched 268 drones and a ballistic missile overnight across Ukraine, killing at least three people and damaging residential and port infrastructure in Odesa. Ukraine responded with drone strikes on Russia's Leningrad Oblast.
PoliticsRussian caricaturist Robert Kuzovkov, known for satirizing Vladimir Putin under the pseudonym Semyon Skrepetsky, has been shot dead in Poland in what investigators are treating as a targeted killing.
PoliticsArmenia headed to the polls in a closely watched election pitting pro-EU Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan against a pro-Russia opposition, with peace talks with Azerbaijan also hanging in the balance.
ConflictRussia struck Sloviansk with a massive FAB-1500 glide bomb, damaging civilian buildings, while drone attacks ignited fires in Sumy's industrial zone - another brutal day in an increasingly brutal war.
ConflictUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he is 'deeply concerned' after Russia announced plans to strike Ukraine's capital Kyiv, adding to growing international alarm over escalating tensions.
PoliticsArmenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has won a commanding election victory with nearly 50% of the vote, delivering a clear mandate for his pro-Western pivot despite sustained pressure from Russia.
ConflictRussia's Africa Corps reportedly carried out airstrikes in Mali as rebel forces advanced, even while withdrawing from a key northern base - a chaotic combination that raises serious questions about the military situation on the ground.
PoliticsA Russian artist who publicly criticized Vladimir Putin has been shot and killed near his home in eastern Poland, according to Sky News. Investigations are ongoing as the killing raises fresh fears about Kremlin-linked violence on European soil.
ConflictBritish intelligence has assessed that nearly 500,000 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine - the highest official government estimate since the war began in 2022.
ConflictRussia appears to be hijacking Ukrainian drones mid-flight using electronic warfare, turning Kyiv's own weapons against it - and the implications for European airspace are making a lot of people very nervous.
TechnologyMyanmar's military junta may be turning to Russia to rescue its long-stalled Yatarnapon Cyber City project, deepening a worrying partnership between two internationally isolated regimes, according to The Diplomat.
PoliticsPutin has issued a pointed warning to Armenia over its EU ambitions, timing it perfectly to land right before the country's parliamentary elections on Sunday.
ConflictRussia is requiring displaced Ukrainians in occupied territories to re-register their homes under Russian law - in person. For many, returning would mean risking their freedom or their lives.
ConflictUkraine's Zelensky publicly mocked Russia's repeated failure to capture the Donbas, while back home Putin is facing a deepening fuel crisis that may force Russians to pump lower-quality gasoline.
ConflictRussia's Foreign Ministry urged foreign nationals to leave Kyiv following a large-scale Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital, with Moscow claiming strikes targeted drone manufacturing and programming facilities.
PoliticsThe EU has formally approved a 90 billion euro loan for Ukraine alongside new sanctions on Russia. President Zelenskyy is pushing for the first payment to arrive by May or June.
PoliticsPresident Trump called both Putin and Zelenskyy as the war in Ukraine continues, telling Russia's leader the conflict needs to end. Zelenskyy says more detailed talks will follow at the G7 summit.
ConflictRussian drone strikes killed at least 13 people in Ukraine on Wednesday as Moscow's 72-hour ceasefire expired, with President Zelensky warning of further incoming waves of attacks throughout the day, according to BBC News.
